Originally Posted by MAllie

Actually, speaking as a newbie I disagree with this statement. I think there is quite a lot to discuss: the question of the various tld's versus one another; the questions of hyphens; the difference between the value to a reseller compared with an end-user; the dictionary word with adjective dotcom versus the same dictionary word alone dotnet, dotorg or dotinfo; the importance of the sequence of the words in a two or three-word domain; the value of keywords to parking or SEO; and so on.

When you are experienced the value of all these is probably a given, but when you're a newbie you're still feeling your way and I think a discussion along these lines would be very helpful - particularly when one gets so few responses to domain appraisal requests.